DEAN'S LECTURE SERIES
JANE WERNICK
Engineering Delight – collaborations on projects to make you smile
Tuesday 3 August 2010
7.00pm - 8.00pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre
Basement, Sidney Myer Asia Centre
The University of Melbourne
‘The talk will describe how structural engineering solutions for our projects are developed as a result of a series of conversations between us, the client, and the other members of the design team,’ Jane says. It will focus on a number of projects which ‘bring delight’ to those who experience them, and will describe how the structural designs evolved. The lecture will also make reference to the book, ‘Building Happiness – Architecture to Make You Smile’, which Jane edited for RIBA Building Futures.
Jane Wernick (FREng Hon FRIBA FRSA CEng FIStructE FICE) is a structural engineer who likes to collaborate with architects and other designers on any project that gives delight. She worked for Ove Arup & Partners for almost two decades, where her most notable project was the Millennium Wheel. She now directs Jane Wernick Associates, the London-based practice she established in 1998. The award-winning firm is responsible for an extensive portfolio of buildings, bridges, sculptures and furniture, for local and international clients. Recent projects include: Xstrata Treetop Walkway, Kew (with Marks Barfield Architects); The Möller Centre, Cambridge (with dsdha); St. Mary’s School, Cambridge (with McAslan Architects); OKHTA Tower, St. Petersburg (with NewTecnics); South London Gallery - new extension and education building (with 6a Architects); BBC Scotland, Glasgow (with DCA).
Jane has taught at many architecture schools, including Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, the Mackintosh School of Architecture and the Architectural Association. She is a member of the CABE Design Review Panel, the CIC Diversity Panel, the Edge, and the steering committee of RIBA Building Futures, for which she edited the book, Building Happiness – Architecture to Make You Smile.